Pole Position

"A stunt racing and daredevil family team puts on thrilling automotive acrobatics at the Pole Position Stunt Show, run by Dan Darret and his two sisters, Tess and Daisy, after their parents disappear after an unexplained explosion during a stunt race. The kids carry on their parents' work, along with pet Kuma and two computerized cars, Roadie and Wheels, using the cutting edge technology of their high-tech vehicles to fight crime. Series was based on the popular video arcade game of the same name."- Jeff Lenburg "The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons,"

A kid's dream... having your parents disappear and getting two computerized cars to fight crime.

Look, when I was nine that sounded pretty appealing.

Along with Galaxy High and Dungeons and Dragons, this show is CBS's Saturday Morning Contribution to my adult neuroses.How the writers took a video game consisting solely of a windshield and turned it into an intellectual tour de force is unfathomable.

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Can you forget the damned theme song?

This show has apparently been a career killer. Witness:

• Dan Darret: David Coburn- Coburn has made numerous television and film appearances, and appears as Walter Potter on the series Harry and the Hendersons. In addition to Captain Planet, Coburn has also acted as the voices for Donnie Wahlberg and Nikko for The New Kids on the Block. Whoop-dee-freakin'-doo. Take a gander at this turnip.
• Tess: Lisa Lindgren not much going on here
• Daisy: Kaleena Kiff- Leave It To Beaver (New Series). She got to see Barbara Billingsly in a thong backstage.
• Dr.Zachary: Jack Angel This guy's still doing stuff. His credits include Astrotrain from the Transfomers movie. In my book, that ranks him up there with Quick-Kick fom GI Joe. Give this guy a Nobel Prize
• Wheels: Melvin Franklen- Ouch! This was it.
• Roadie: Darryl HickmanThis guy was in NETWORK. Now that counts for something. Then again, he was also Pac-Man Junior. Evidence against a higher power.
• Kuma: Marilyn Schreffler End o' the line pretty much.
• Teacher: Helen Minniear- Nothing else at all.

• "The Code"
• "The Canine Vanishes"
• "The Chicken Who Knew Too Much"
• "Strangers On The Ice"
• "The Race"
• "The Thirty-Nine Stripes"
• "The Thirty-One Cent Mystery"
• "Dial M For Magic"
• "The Bear Affair"
• "The Clutch A Thief"
• "The Secret"
• "Shadow Of A Trout"
• "The Trouble With Kuma."

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  Start stalking members of the cast!

  They need the attention! Any reports of sightings or of any of them being tied up in your basement to fulfill your tawdy needs should be sent to the address below. I have not personally had much luck. I've got a Kuma tattoo across my ass. That's it. Sorry, no picture available yet.

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  A DIC Enterprises Production. Colour. Half-hour. Premiered on CBS: September 15, 1984-August 30, 1985.

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